LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fires tearing through the Los Angeles area have killed at least 24 people, displaced thousands of others and destroyed more than 12,000 structures. The blazes started last Tuesday, ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite failing to deliver his promise for broad student loan forgiveness, President Joe Biden has now overseen the cancellation of student loans for more than 5 million Americans — ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Flight cancellations piled up and officials warned of continuing dangerous roads Saturday in the wake of a winter storm that brought biting cold and wet snow to the U.S. South, leading ...

A California man whose two cats died after drinking raw milk recalled for bird flu risk says he meant to keep his beloved pets healthy, but his efforts tragically backfired. “It’s horrible when you re...

Earth recorded its hottest year ever in 2024, with such a big jump that the planet temporarily passed a major climate threshold, several weather monitoring agencies announced Friday. Last year’s globa...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Investigators are considering an array of possible ignition sources for the huge fires that have killed at least 10 people and destroyed thousands of homes and businesses in the Los...

An international team of scientists announced Thursday they’ve successfully drilled one of the oldest ice cores yet, penetrating nearly 2 miles to Antarctic bedrock to reach ice they say is at least 1...

By JAIMIE DING, BEATRICE DUPUY, HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH, GENE JOHNSON AND CLAIRE RUSH Associated Press PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Flames and pillars of smoke rose from both sides of the road and a woman ye...

By JAIMIE DING, CHRISTOPHER WEBER AND JULIE WATSON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Wildfires tore across the Los Angeles area with devastating force Wednesday after setting off a desperate escape ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minneapolis City Council on Monday approved an agreement with the federal government to overhaul the city’s police training and useof- force policies in the wake of the murder o...

Frigid air that normally stays trapped in the Arctic has escaped, plunging deep into the United States for an extended visit that is expected to provoke teeth-chattering but not be record-shattering. ...

By PATRICK WHITTLE AND BRIAN WITTE Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A major winter blast of snow, ice, wind and plunging temperatures in the U.S. stirred dangerous travel conditions from central...

This Jan. 6 won’t be the same. Four years ago, then-President Donald Trump urged supporters to head to the Capitol to protest Congress’ certification of Democrat Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 electi...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The man responsible for the truck attack in New Orleans on New Year’s Day that killed 14 people visited the city twice before and recorded video of the French Quarter with Meta smar...

By RYAN FOLEY and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press After an Islamic State sympathizer rammed a truck into crowds celebrating Bastille Day in 2016, horrified New Orleans leaders were anxious to prote...

By TARA COPP, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press An Army soldier who died in an explosion of a Tesla Cybertruck at the Trump hote l in Las Vegas left a note saying it was stunt to ...

By ERIC TUCKER, JIM MUSTIAN, KEVIN MCGILLAND JACK BROOK Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A U.S. Army veteran who drove a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year’s revelers in New Orleans, killing 15 ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An 18-year-old girl dreaming of becoming a nurse, a single mother, a father of two and a former Princeton football star suffered fatal injuries when the driver of a white pickup tru...

By MELISSA GOLDIN, CEDAR ATTANASIO AND CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-MCLAY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — From Sydney to Mumbai to Paris to Rio de Janeiro, communities around the world welcomed 2025 with spectac...

NEW YORK (AP) — If you’re planning on ringing in the new year quietly at home, you’re not alone. A majority of U.S adults intend to celebrate New Year’s Eve at home, according to a new poll by The Ass...